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California Outcome Measurement Forges Ahead with all 58 Counties on Board Maryland Audit Charges Single State Authority with Accountability Problems California Drug Abuse Index Methamphetamine is Number‐One for Treatment Admissions in California Governor's Budget Proposal Slashes Prop. 36 Funding Texas County Boosts Capacity to Treat Probationers Mass. Agency to Bring Efficiencies to New Outpatient Services Addictive Diseases Chair Funded at University of Florida Methamphetamine Treatment Admissions Decline in Minnesota Briefly Noted Call for Applications Coming Up     

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Preventing Suicide in Treatment Facilities: Err on the Side of Caution Film “Methadonia” Raises Controversy in Treatment Field Locks on Doors? Practice Guidelines NIDA Calls for More Pilot Trials on Medications for Substance Abuse What to Say When Your Child Asks: Did You Ever Do Drugs? Will Pain Prescribing Controversies Bring a Closer Tie to Doctors? Family Medicine Doctor Becomes Researcher to Study AA Intervention in Hospitals Briefly Noted Call for Proposals Names in the News Coming up     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: INNOCENCE DESTROYED: A study of Child Sexual Abuse. Jean Renvoize BEYOND BLAME: Child Abuse Tragedies Revisited. Peter Reder, Sylvia Duncan, Moira Gray CARL ROGERS. Brian Thorne WOMEN AND ANGER. Edited by Sandra P. Thomas LIVING WITH IT: A Survivor's Guide to Panic Attacks. Bev Aisbett. Sydney, Angus and Robertson COLLABORATIVE CARE: Interprofessional, Intergency and Interpersonal. Sally Hornby FAMILY VIOLENCE: Everybody's business, somebody's life. Edited by Family Violence Professional Education Taskforce     

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Persons Under the Influence a Frequent Target of Tasers; Effects Remain Murky Oklahoma to Close Treatment Beds and Lay Off State Workers W. Va. Governor Calls for $23.5 Million for Substance Abuse Funding Goals of Governor's Drug Plan California's Senate Bill 707 Spells R‐E‐S‐P‐E‐C‐T Study: News About ODs May Have Led to Increased Abuse of Opioids Okla. Dept. of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Budget Reduction Summary Briefly Noted State News Business Names in the News Coming up     

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Douglas' Case Hoped to Bring Methadone Treatment Behind Bars OTP Banks on Effectiveness of Integrated Primary Care NIDA‐NIAAA Merger RFI is Closed; Field Waits for NIH Action SBIRT Coming to Hospitals via Joint Commission NAATP Annual Meeting Focuses on Looming Changes for Field AATOD: OTPs Should Use PMPs But Not Input Data Briefly Noted Coming up     

President's proposed budget would slash treatment and prevention funding

We had a feeling of déjà vu when the White House sent its proposed budget to Congress last week. Similar to past years, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) would be decimated, moving the $100 million Drug‐Free Communities program to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). There's no additional money in the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) block grant and cuts to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, CSAP and SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.     

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RWJF Departure from Addiction Grants Means $50 Million a Year Less for the Field Addiction Clinicians Tread Carefully Amid Medication Options Recovery Inside San Quentin Prison, Training Inmate Counselors What's Happening on Capitol Hill: Block Grant Appropriations Child Welfare Bill Includes $40 Million for FY 2007 for Treatment Advocacy Alert: Bring Parity to a Vote Briefly Noted Business To the Editor Coming Up     

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Oklahoma Medicaid Requires Master's Degree for Substance Abuse Assessments Wis. Program Diversifies Operation With Residential Care, Medications Who Can Treat What in Oklahoma Medicaid Managed Care Enters New York Addiction Treatment Measures of Success in Health Care Reform: Efficiency and Recovery Study Looks at Which Drinkers Best Respond to Naltrexone Most Treatment Admissions for Inhalant Abuse are Adults Obituary Coming up     

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Adolescent Painkiller Use May Increase Risk of Addiction, Heroin Use Women's Component of NASADAD Offers Guidance Document for State Systems Parity Bill Attached to Tax Extender Bill Treatment Funds in Illinois Caught in Apparent Stalemate Substance Abuse: A 12‐Step Primer for Change No Drug Abuse, Underage Drinking or Smoking Allowed on YouTube Briefly Noted State Watch Names in News Call for Applications Coming up     

“Nobody's Perfect”—Partial Disagreement with Herman,Faust, Bridges,and Ahern

This article takes issue with aspects of chapters in Kathryn Kuehnle and Mary Connell's 2009 book, The Evaluation of Child Abuse Allegations: A Comprehensive Guide to Assessment and Testimony.     

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Proposed Rule on Benefits Raises Questions about Parity and Enforcement SAMHSA Releases Bupe‐OTP Final Rule Imprint of Founder Continues to Influence Father Martin's Proposed Rule's Language on Parity What Plans Must Include ONDCP's Botticelli: Prevention, Block Grant, and Recovery DSM‐5 Will Include SUDs Instead of Dependence and Abuse Improving Outcomes: Connecting Payment to Performance ABAM Continues to Moves to Make Addiction a Specialty Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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Responding to Negative Press: Methadone, Buprenorphine Targeted Phoenix House Maximizes Chances to Operate Sober Homes The SAMHSA Comment on for‐Profits Hazelden's Seppala Presents on MAT at Rx Drug Abuse Summit Addiction Treatment May Benefit from Parity Lawsuit DOD's Tricare to Pay for Tobacco‐Cessation Medications State News Coming up     

Services for Aged Victims:

Little attention has been paid to the nature of service needs of elderly abuse victims, whether these needs are met, and the types of factors which are correlated with the service providers' decision as to what services to provide. This paper provides an analysis of services to elderly abuse victims using data from a study conducted by the Illinois Department on Aging. The report is based on data covering 204 cases which were collected during the calendar year 1986. Abuse types included: Physical Abuse, Confinement, Sexual Abuse, Deprivation, Neglect, Self Neglect, and Financial Exploitation. Case Management was the most frequent type of service the victims received, followed by Homemaking Assistance and Miscellaneous Legal Services. Self Neglect cases received a quite different pattern of services than other types of abuse victims.     

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Best Treatments for Young People with Heroin Addiction: No Rule Book Physicians' Presence in Centers Reflects Business Transformation Parents' ‘Lax Attitudes’ Blamed for Rise in ADHD Meds Abuse Information Technology, Healthcare Reform and Recovery Aids Effects of Rx Take‐Back Day Unclear; Overall Approach Working National Drug Strategy Focuses Again on Move toward Public Health Briefly Noted Coming up     

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State Flexibility, Small Group Plan Would Mean Weak SUD Benefits Men's Extended‐Care Program Sees Benefits of Staying Small NIDA Developing Opioids That Treat Pain but Can't be Abused The 5 Types of Types of Abuse‐Deterrent Formulations EHR Systems and SUD Field: Advice for the Faint of Heart SAMHSA Warns Tenn.: Methadone Detoxes Will Result in Relapses Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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Recession: It's Not Over for the States Hawaii's Substance Abuse Director Aims to Preserve Funding for Services Solutions for Treatment Providers MOE Requirements for SAPT Block Grants Report: Most Inmates Need Treatment, Few Get It Provider Fund Helps Patients Defray Costs SECAD: Mee‐Lee Urges Providers to Treat Whole Patient Treatment Can be Provided by EAP, But EAP Can't be a ‘Gatekeeper’ Alcohol Use Lower, Drug Use Higher, Among Blacks Than Average Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

Book Review

Monti P, Colby S, O'Leary T. Adolescents, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse: Reaching Teens Through Brief Interventions. New York: Guilford; 2001. 338 pps, ISBN 1-57230-658-0; Hard cover, $37     

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Goodyear Plan Uses EAP to Limit Substance Abuse Benefits Panel Vote Against Opioid Risk Strategy Shows Concern Over Voluntary Training Arizona SSA's Grim Message to Providers: Cuts Now and Later VA Allows Medical Marijuana Where It's Legal Cocaine‐Crack Sentencing Disparity Reduced by Legislation IC&RC and NCC to ‘Speak With One Voice’ Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up